Parsimonious

ahd-5
  • adjective. Excessively sparing or frugal.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by parsimony in practice or disposition; very sparing in expenditure; frugal to excess; stinting.
  • Synonyms Miserly, etc. See penurious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; stingy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; stingy.
  • adjective. Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
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  • adjective. excessively unwilling to spend
    • Word Usage
    "No less impressive was Nintendo's remarkable ability to extend the format's life by offering conservative -- one might even say "parsimonious" -- upgrades."
    Equivalent
    stingy  ungenerous  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Antonius  acrimonious  erroneous  felonious  harmonious  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abstemious  avaricious  bigoted  closefisted  democratical  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Lenten  Scotch  Spartan  abstemious  ascetic  
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